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mixing paint
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 01:25 PM UTC
ive seen paint mixing explained but how do yoy get for example 80% of one color and 20% of another do you like count drops of paint or is there a techniqe to this.
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 12:37 AM UTC
I use medical nozzles to measure the paint and put it together in an other cup.
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 06:16 AM UTC
use small syringes you can get them at chemists and use these to mix the paints at least with this method you should be able to get an exact mix almost every time :-)
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 06:27 AM UTC
Medicine droppers work extremely well for mixing paint. Just count the drops or use a Graduated one.....
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 06:33 AM UTC
Count drops or use syringes - I got my syringes from the vet
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:26 AM UTC
i use a little cups my mom gets from from the hospital and the go up to 30 ml well is just use the formula is/of=x/100 to get what i need

for example to find 80% you would use this... x/30=80/100 and its roughly 24 mlthen fill the rest with your 20%
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003 - 11:04 AM UTC
Appreciate the help I understand now.
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